Germany’s Bundesbank delivered an ultimatum to other major banking powers including the US that it will walk away from talks on revamping global capital rules unless its key demands are met.

Worries about inflation among British households have risen to their highest level in nearly two and a half years following the fall in the value of the pound since the Brexit vote in June, a…

Expansion of neonatal centers and intensive care units across the country is a necessity as many babies suffer from late diagnosis and treatment of health complications due to lack of the…

The Food Safety Research Center of Iran will set up 13 specialized laboratories to screen food products across the country, announced head of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday.

Members of the Tehran City Council earlier this month approved a plan to install Platform Screen Doors (PSD) or glass walls at metro stations, and the Tehran Municipality is responsible for…

A document on social responsibility will be prepared and presented to the government soon, the Minister of Labor, Cooperatives, and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei said Tuesday.

The number of people with high blood pressure has almost doubled in 40 years to over 1.1 billion worldwide, scientists said on Wednesday, with the burden of the condition shifting from the rich to…

Probiotics found in yoghurt and supplements could help improve thinking and memory for people with Alzheimer’s disease. A small study found people given the bacterial supplement had improved…

The rate of rural to urban migration has seen a decreasing trend over the past four decades, said a senior official at the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development. “The rate of urban to rural…

Rhinoplasty is among the most popular plastic surgery procedures performed in the country, with more than 150,000 procedures done in 2015, said Dr Shahriar Loghmani, scientific secretary of the…

Thai health officials on Wednesday said 33 new Zika virus cases have been detected in two more provinces in the country as officials step up screening for groups at high risk from the disease such…

Lack of scientific background and knowledge among decision-makers is the main cause of Iran's current struggle with water shortage.

"The scientific illiteracy of authorities is the reason…

More than 200 bird species in six rapidly developing regions are at risk of extinction despite not being included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of at-risk species…

A radical shift in the energy sector, which cuts emissions to zero by around 2040, is needed to limit the global rise in temperature at 1.5 degrees Celsius, the International Energy Agency said on…

All kinds of trash collected from the northern cities of Iran are dumped in the forests, thanks to the outdated and unsanitary methods used by municipalities, according a forestry official.

A Tehran councilor has criticized the city's municipality and its chief, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, for failing to do their part to help address the city's air pollution crisis.

Russian missiles pounded opposition targets in Syria on Tuesday, the start of a much-anticipated offensive, while activists reported the resumption of bombing in militant-held neighborhoods of…

The self-styled Islamic State terrorist group has summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul it accused of collaborating with US-backed security forces, which said their offensive to recapture the…

Some 75,000 children in northeastern Nigeria risk dying of hunger in “the few months ahead”, the UN says. UN humanitarian coordinator Peter Lundberg said overall 14 million people needed…

Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, is at the center of the “infighting” inside president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team. Trump, however, tweeted Tuesday night that…

Norbert Rottgen, a member of Angela Merkel’s CDU party, said the German chancellor intends to run for a fourth term. It had been unclear whether or not she would run again after holding the post…

France’s former economy minister, Emmanuel Macron, has unveiled his bid for the presidency. He is not expected to join the race to be the Socialist candidate, but as head of the centrist En Marche…

The 11th International Auto Parts Exhibition opened on Tuesday in Tehran with huge public expectations this year from both home and abroad looking forward to hear about attractive deals.

As new vehicles are coming off the assembly in Fremont right now, Tesla is making the transition from its first generation Autopilot hardware to its second generation device to gradually enable…

The MG6 has been named as the UK’s biggest value loser, according to a study that says the car is worth only a quarter of its price after three years.

The new study by CAP and Auto Express…